Improvement in locks for pocket-books



E. S'TJHR. LOCKS FOR POCKET-BOOKS! No.194:,188. v Patented Aug. 14,1877

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ATTORNEYS.

FETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHNGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL SUHR, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO B. NEUMANN & (30.,

- OF NEW' YORK CITY.

IMPROVEMENT IN LOCKS FOR POCKET-BOOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [94,188, dated August 14, 1877 application filed June 30, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, EMIL SUHR, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Pocket-Book Look, of which the following is a specification ln the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represent-s'a front view of my improved pocketbook lock; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section of the same; and Figs. 3 and 4 are, re spectively, a top View of the base-plate and spring and a rear view of the swinging face plate, both shown in detached state.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention relates to a pocket-book lock of simple and cheap construction, which is so made that the working parts are entirely hidden from view, and thereby a lock of heater appearance obtained; and it consists of a base plate having a spring-plate riveted thereto, the spring-plate'heing bent at the end to receive the pivots of the swinging faceplate of the lock, which turns on the spring end, and is retained in open or closed position by the same.

. 1n the drawing, A represents the base-plate, B the spring plate, and O the face plate, of my improved pocket-book lock.

The base-plate A is attached, in the usual manner, by suitable prongs, to the body of the pocket-book, while the spring-plate B is riveted by the locking-pin a to the top part of the same, as customary in this classof locks. The spring-plate may be placed on the baseplate, or set flush with the same into a recess of the base-plate, when a steadier and more positive attaching of the spring is desired.

The free end of the spring plate B is bent up, and then formed in the shape of a U, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to form the seat or hearing for the inwardly-bent pivots b of the face-plate, which are inserted into the U- or hook shaped end of the spring. The pivots b are bent inwardly from the solid flange d, that extends at right angles to the faceplate, around the lower part of the same, and which covers the connecting springjoint of baseplate and face-plate, so that the entire working mechanism is out of sight, and thereby the hinge-joint, which, in the present locks of this class, furnishes a lodgment for dust and dirt, is done away with, and a neater and more finished appearance imparted to the lock.

The face-plate swings readily on the hearing of the spring-plate, and is held reliably in closed or open position by the action of the spring, as shown, respectively, in Figs. 1 and 2.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination of the base-plate, and of the spring-plate riveted thereto at one end, and having a bentseat or hearing at the free end, with the swinging face -plate, having solid covering end flange and inwardly-bent pivots inserted in the seat or hearing of the spring, as and for the purpose specified.

EMIL SUHR.

Witnesses:

C. SEDGWIOK, PAUL GoErEL. 

